Woman ripped off doctor for $136K as office manager, deputies say

Tisha Krutsinger, 40, ripped off Dr. Humberto Dominguez for more than $136,149 and investigators, deputies say.

Tisha Krutsinger (Volusia County Sheriff's…)

July 15, 2014|Kevin P. Connolly, Staff Writer

A Seminole County woman paid for theme-park tickets, tanning sessions, a plane ticket, a housekeeper and a host of other expenses by stealing from a DeBary doctor when she was his office manager, deputies said today.

Tisha Krutsinger, 40, of Longwood ripped off Dr. Humberto Dominguez for more than $136,149 and investigators are still examining financial records, said Gary Davidson, a spokesman for the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

Krutsinger, the doctor's office manager since August 2011, was fired in May.

Now she is wanted on a charge of organized scheme to defraud and fraudulent use of a credit card, the Sheriff's Office said.

Dominguez realized there was a problem with his finances after his credit card was declined in May.

He later learned Krutsinger had a credit card issued in her name that was linked to the doctor's business, deputies say.

"Unbeknownst to the doctor, Krutsinger had been charging large sums of money and then paying the bills with the doctor's personal bank account," Davidson said.

He confronted her and she admitted making the personal purchases, saying she would repay him, Davidson said. He fired her on May 27 and called the Sheriff's Office for help.

"Mere minutes after Krutsinger was escorted out of the office, the doctor learned that the mortgage payments on his office building hadn't been paid for several months and foreclosure proceedings had been initiated," Davidson said.

Davidson said investigators later later discovered that Krutsinger issued an extra payroll check to herself and took cash advances on the doctor's credit card.

She used the doctor's money to pay for her cellphone, auto insurance, car repairs, cable, orthodontic bills and a plane trip to Kansas City, deputies allege.

Circuit Court Judge Margaret Hudson issued an arrest warrant for her on July 9 after investigators presented their findings.

But investigators haven't been able to find her.

She will be held on $255,000 bond if she is arrested.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Office or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida at 888-277-8477.